Qatar Airways is a quite popular airline for flying from Europe to various places in Asia, so they might just be connecting through Qatar, although a Qatar visit wouldn't be too unlikely since Qatar has done a lot to attract tourists lately (such as acquiring many large sporting events).

But it's on Java... There are other islands in Indonesia you know TPTB.

But the Americans will have very limited security access if they go outside Java, the only other US consulates outside Java island is in Makassar (UPG) on Sulawesi island (Celebes) and Medan (MES) on North Sumatera, Sumatera Island

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No more Indonesia, please. Like, really. You are running out of ideas.

Also, knowing it is leg 7 or 8, where could the Race go next? We are having Pacific countries for the last 4 legs before back to the US? I don't like that huge jump. Would have preferred a couple of legs in UAE, Qatar, Bahrein, whatever (even India), and having Leg 9 onwards to Indonesia and those countries like such as.

Bandung's a great city. Like Theodorus said it has a lot cultural things - it's a historic, old city and it's surrounded by mountains, it's popular with tourists and in my opinion it's different from the locations TAR has visited previous seasons. But if they're doing 2 legs in Indonesia, I hope they go somewhere East Indonesia.

i lived for 2 years in Bandung when i was high school. there are many interesting places. and the weather is cold, not hot like Surabaya or Bali. if i were the WRP crew, i would visit Kawah Putih (white crater) or Mount Tangkuban Perahu, Asia-Africa Museum, Bosscha Observatory, maybe playing an angklung (traditional music instrument from bamboo) for the roadblock, and Gedung Sate for the pit stop.

Bandung has many beautiful places to visit and potentially to be the Pit Stop, like nyoman said, such as Kawah Putih, Bosscha Observatory, and in my opinion, Bumi Siliwangi also has good potential to be the Pit Stop.